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CVE-2025-0716: AngularJS improper sanitization in SVG '<image>' element

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-791

Description

Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '<image>' SVG elements in AngularJS allows attackers to bypass common image source restrictions. This can lead to a form of Content Spoofing https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Content_Spoofing  and also negatively affect the application's performance and behavior by using too large or slow-to-load images. This issue affects all versions of AngularJS. Note: The AngularJS project is End-of-Life and will not receive any updates to address this issue. For more information see here https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status .

Affected products

• Google AngularJS: from 0.0.0

References

• https://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/qEWQmpd/a86a0d29310e12c7a3756768e6c7b915
• https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-0716
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
• https://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/qEWQmpd/a86a0d29310e12c7a3756768e6c7b915
• https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-0716

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